Miseries

Examples

• Tom himself began to fret over the scene-painter's slow progress, and to feel the miseries of waiting. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• All the miseries and discontents of life he traces to insatiable selfishness. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• I neither spoke or looked, but sat motionless, bewildered by the multitude of miseries that overcame me. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• Melancholy followed, but by degrees I gained a clear conception of my miseries and situation, and was then released from my prison. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• He was a mechanic; and, rendered unable to attend to the occupation which supplied his necessities, famine was added to his other miseries. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• He would have no RAISON D'ETRE if there were no lugubrious miseries in the world, as an undertaker would have no meaning if there were no funerals. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• It was all over wives and angels, and eternal constancy, and eternal despair; with miseries and tortures without end. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• I only ask you to endure one more night under this roof, Jane; and then, farewell to its miseries and terrors for ever! Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• The miseries it entails are genuine miseries--not points of etiquette or infringements of convention. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• The belief in such compensation is a great opiate for present miseries. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Rum fellow--does the heavy business--no actor--strange man--all sorts of miseries--Dismal Jemmy, we call him on the circuit. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• Soon these burning miseries will be extinct. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• I, who have so interested an affection for you, may increase your miseries ten-fold, by being an obstacle to your wishes. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• The miseries of mankind would be diminished by it, and the happiness of millions secured and promoted. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• Accidents, miseries, and offences, were never to be mentioned before her. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• But such miseries could never intrude upon the domestic circle left to me, while, secluded in our beloved forest, we passed our lives in tranquillity. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.

Edited by Adrian